16. “But if he does not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be established.’
17. “And if he refuses to hear them, say it to the assembly. And if he refuses even to hear the assembly, let him be to you like a gentile and a tax collector.
18. “Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be having been bound in heaven, and whatever you loosen on earth shall be having been loosened in heaven.
19. “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning any matter that they ask, it shall be done for them by My Father in the heavens.
20. “For where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there I am in their midst.”
21. Then Kĕpha came to Him and said, “Master, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?”
22. יהושע said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
23. “Because of this the reign of the heavens is like a certain man, a sovereign who wished to settle accounts with his servants.
24. “And when he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents,
25. but as he was unable to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
26. “Then the servant fell down before him, saying, ‘Master, have patience with me, and I shall pay you all.’